Table of Contents

Democracy and the Governing Party: A Theoretical Perspective
Remaking the CCP'S Ideology: Determinants, Progress, and Limits under Hu Jintao
The Cadre Responsibility System and the Changing Needs of the Party
The Chinese Communist Party's Nomenklatura System as a Leadership
Selection Mechanism: An Evaluation
Party Work in the Urban Communities
The Politics of Lawmaking in Chinese Local People's Congresses
Singularity and Replicability in China's Developmental Experience
Thirty Years of Chinese Reform and Economic Growth: Challenges and How It Has Changed World Development
Post-Socialism Revisited: Reflections on " Socialism with Chinese Characteristics", Its Past, Present and Future
Post-Socialist States and the Evolution of a New Development Model: Russia and China Compared
China and India: The Institutional Roots of Differential Performance
Economic Reform and Performance: A Comparative Study of China and Viemam
Developmental States in East Asia: A Comparison of the Japanese anc Chinese Experiences

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According to Ai Jiawen's detailed analysis of Chinese intellectuals' discourse on Confucianism, three different approaches can be identified: while the socialist approach, drawing on the essence of Chinese culture and tradition, hopes to enrich and renovate Marxism, two other approaches-Confucian （rujia） and liberal——contain more or less subversive critiques of Marxism and the CCP, such as Kang Xiao guang's vision of discarding Marxism, "Confucianizing" the CCP, and establishing a Chinese " Confucian authoritarian regime" （Kang, 2005, 2007）. In this complex situation, it is impossible to trace a homogeneous view of Confucianism. Instead, Ai Jiawen recommends speaking of a " refunctioning" of Confucianism undertaken by the official party-state by lifting the tradition out of its previous context, reconceptualizing it, and investing it with new meanings （ Ai, 2008）. In this sense, official discourse can be seen as avoiding a head- on collision with those interpretations of Confucianism that openly challenge Marxism, and instead as emphasizing those elements of a reimagined tradition which are compatible with Marxism: love of order and stability, strong leadership, and social harmony.